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past perfect

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past perfect noun
past perfect
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PAST PERFECT

the past perfect

grammar
: the form of the verb that is used in referring to an action that was completed by a particular time in the past
◊ The past perfect in English is formed by using had and the past participle of a verb, as in “She had visited there once before.”